I got the urge to go metal detecting, this afternoon, so drove about 15 miles to a small town to check out it's HS foodball field. Normally, they keep it locked up when school is not in session but I got lucky and the gate was open. I pulled in and got out my Garrett 2500 GTI detector and proceeded to hunt around the perimeter of the field and around the refreshment stand, etc. I couldn't walk three feet before I had to dig coins and they, mostly, were quarters. In three hours I dug up 54 clad quarters, a 1943 Washington quarter, a "no date" standing liberty quarter, 20 clad dimes, 2 nickles, and 20 memorial cents. It started to get dark enough that I couldn't see what I was digging or my finds would have been greater. I'll have to go back another weekend, if the gate is open. Not bad for three hours hunting.[attachment 41758 06-11-26AbingdonHS.jpg]
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HS FOOTBALL FIELD FINDS
- Thread starter swanie1
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Uncle Willy
New member
Outstanding finds. Climb the fence. 
Bill
Bill
Uncle Willy
New member
How high is it? High jump it. When I was in high school I could high jump about six five. I could scissor close to six feet. Young feller like you ought to be able to hop right over that fence.
Bill
Bill
You had a great day with those quarters. Nice silver too.
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Well, I made it back to the High School football field, today. I thought that I had done well the first time that I was there as shown in my original post, but, today, I popped up 84 clad quarters, 23 clad dimes, and 18 memorial cents. I was digging quarters so fast that I passed over many dimes and pennies and just ID'd the quarters on my screen. I didn't find silver, this time. The gates to this field are, usually, locked when school isn't in session which accounts for the bountiful supply of coins. Today, there was a basketball tournament so the gates were open and I slipped in to the football field area for about 3 1/2 hours. All of the knee bends about wore me out.[attachment 43211 FootballField2.jpg]
cintisteve
Well-known member
Nice finds and I thought I had a great day.
Steve
Steve
Swanie 1,Great finds!
They always say "3rd time is a charm" so, today, I drove the 15 miles to the High School football field to see what I might have missed the other two times. I don't remember when I have hunted a place so full of quarters. It's like someone walked around the area throwing quarters and other coins onto the ground. Today, I popped up 57 clad quarters, 6 clad dimes, and 12 memorial cents but no silver. I hunted for about three hours. I think that I may be getting the area "skimmed". The snow is gone, here, and the ground is good for digging coins.[attachment 43321 FootballField3.jpg]
The temperature got up to 49 degrees, today, so I decided to drive down to the High School football field to see what I may have missed on my three other visits. I thought that I had pretty well skimmed the area, but I was wrong!!!! This place is what I would call "quarter heaven". I couldn't believe just how many coins, especially quarters, that I was popping out of the ground. I found all of this in areas that I had, previously, been over. It goes to show you that you don't hit every square inch when you hunt an area. Today, I found 83 clad quarters, 41 clad dimes, 3 nickles, and 13 memorial cents. In four trips, there, I have dug a total of 438 coins of which 278 were quarters.[attachment 44221 FootballField4.jpg]